Chapter 1770: Alternative Confrontation (II)

For a moment, the place became strangely quiet again until several breaths had passed.

“You… Senior…”

Ming Yu opened her mouth, but she only said two words before she could not go on. This time, they could clearly sense that in the opponent’s strike just now, he had used Phoenix Soaring without any concealment, truly demonstrating it. But this kind of speed was already so fast they couldn’t react. That was a speed only the elders or the Clan Head could possess, so their judgment had been wrong.

The grey-robed elder first appeared behind the two of them, intentionally revealing a bit of aura. Ming Qi and the other woman did not hesitate to launch an attack. At that very instant, the opponent had already reached them and slapped each of them on the shoulder. The moment the wind penetrated their bodies, he had already disappeared.

Li Yan stood in the void, looking at the stunned women. His strength was already higher than the opponent’s. If he were dealing with unfamiliar cultivators, he might have to consider more of the opponent’s response methods. He would not be able to determine which method to use for a sudden surprise attack. But in dealing with the two women before him, Li Yan held the advantage.

Li Yan understood some characteristics of the Undead Nether Phoenix, so his attacks were more targeted, which gave them a stronger sense of pressure. He was already very familiar with how the power generated within the body of an Undead Nether Phoenix moved through the meridians and flesh. He had long ago merged the power generated by the Undead Nether Phoenix essence blood and the power of the Qiongqi Purgatory Art into one. This made his body cultivation path even stronger among those of the same rank.

Once he confirmed the opponent was from the Undead Nether Phoenix race, his grasp of the situation was unbelievably precise. At the moment when the opponent’s power erupted, Li Yan already knew the path the power took through their meridians and flesh. Therefore, under such a targeted situation, even if the opponent had defensive artifacts, Li Yan still grasped the final weak moment in the flow of the opponent’s aura.

Although that strike, infused with his powerful strength, could not break the opponent’s defense, before the opponent’s power flowed to the meridian nodes, his force had already seeped into the attack. He directly cut off the flow of the opponent’s power, which was why the two women became dizzy. At that time, as long as Li Yan added one more strike, the two women would have died.

Li Yan didn’t know the opponent’s true form before, so that was that. If he wanted to defeat the Ming sisters, he would have had to consider more of how the opponent would react. Now, it was like fellow disciples fighting each other; the stronger one won even more easily. Li Yan didn’t need to be so troublesome. He could capture the two women and directly perform a soul search, then decide whether to kill them or modify their memories based on the situation.

However, current Li Yan needed to consider more factors. If he could come into contact with the Undead Nether Phoenix race, that would naturally be the best thing. Therefore, killing the two women was a poor strategy. But if he modified their memories after soul searching, neither his Master Dong Fuyi nor his Martial Aunt Ning Ke were here. And the strength of the Undead Nether Phoenix race was unquestionable; it was an existence that made one’s heart skip a beat.

With his ability to modify the opponent’s memory, perhaps these two women would be noticed by the powerful experts in their clan after they returned. Once their memory was restored, he would become the opponent’s enemy. Therefore, Li Yan made a decision within the few breaths of seeing the two women fight with Yan Qingchen, planning how to deal with today’s results. Otherwise, maybe that Yan Qingchen and these two would already be dead. This also resulted in Li Yan’s rare failure in a sneak attack.

In the void, Li Yan’s figure solidified again like a ghost. He did not speak again, but this undoubtedly gave a stronger sense of pressure! After another few breaths, Ming Qi and Ming Yu finally woke up, knowing that they had just walked past the gates of death.

“Thank you, Senior, for showing mercy. Junior is indeed from the Undead Nether Phoenix race. Our purpose for entering Huangqi Valley was not for any ill intentions toward the valley. Instead, it was because of some matters concerning the clan, and we entered here out of necessity…”

This time, Ming Qi actually didn’t need Li Yan to say anything else and took the initiative to start talking about their origin. The opponent’s cultivation was by no means something they could compare to. Although the grey-robed elder had failed to keep Yan Qingchen before, it would be no problem at all for him to keep the two of them. They also had random teleportation talismans, but their auras were already locked by the opponent. She estimated that as soon as they took one out, the next moment would be the same result as before.

However, the opponent had not captured them to perform a soul search. This was enough to show that the grey-robed elder truly wanted them to leave this place. Because of this, the two women suspected that this grey-robed elder might be a native cultivator who had stayed in the ancient inheritance hall. The opponent might have obtained what they wanted after entering here, or maybe he had already obtained it and regarded this place as his own.

Therefore, the grey-robed elder had such terrifying strength. But the opponent might truly not be someone who killed indiscriminately, which was why he didn’t have killing intent toward them. And as for his attack on Yan Qingchen, was it because Yan Qingchen wanted to crack his cave dwelling? So, he had angered the opponent.

Although the grey-robed elder asked them to leave and did not ask about their origin again, it was very likely that the opponent already possessed very strong Undead Nether Phoenix essence blood and simply did not care about their constitutions. But what was their purpose for coming here? How could they just give up!

Maybe this grey-robed elder had a close relationship with this place, which made the two women worried while also forcing them to consider more things. This elder might have obtained what they wanted, so this indicated that the final conclusion inferred by the clan should be correct. If the item had been obtained by this person, then they had to try to get close to this person and see what he had obtained. In the end, even if they died because of it, the two women felt they couldn’t just get nothing after exhausting their strength. At least they had to get a result!

Therefore, while the Ming sisters seemed to be in a daze for a few breaths, they were actually secretly discussing matters. They were extremely clever. Since the opponent had seen through their origin and did not plan to obtain their essence blood, the two of them steeled their hearts and decided to take a gamble. As long as they won the gamble, their clan would be able to thrive. Otherwise, they would only continue to decline.

But if they lost the gamble, at most they would die here. Anyway, they had almost died several times just now. They might as well gamble with their lives and hope for the best. However, as for the origin of the grey-robed elder, it was only their guess. It was even possible that the opponent was a guardian cultivator secretly set up by Huangqi Valley in the secret realm.

This could also be judged from another point of view, which was that the opponent did not chase and kill Yan Qingchen. It could even be said that his two strikes before were to teach the opponent not to mess around here. Regardless of whether the grey-robed elder in front of them was truly an ancient cultivator who might exist here, or if a disciple of Huangqi Valley who had mistakenly entered this place had transformed his appearance. Maybe the other party was even a deacon of Huangqi Valley who was guarding a secret realm here.

First of all, they indicated that they joined Huangqi Valley only for their own race and did not have any ill will toward Huangqi Valley. In this way, no matter what relationship the opponent had with Huangqi Valley, the two of them could only be considered to have joined the sect for personal reasons, rather than intentionally targeting the sect. It had to be said that Ming Qi and the other woman’s minds were also moving quickly, and they adopted the most timely attitude without letting themselves fall into a disadvantageous position.